Nvidia releases security updates for GPU display driver and vGPU flaws

January 8, 2021  By Pierluigi Paganini


Nvidia has released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Nvidia GPU display driver and vGPU software. 

Nvidia has addressed a total of 16 flaws, including high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Nvidia GPU display driver and vGPU software.  

The addressed flaws may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, data tampering, or information disclosure.

The most severe vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2021‑1051 received a CVSS score of 8.4, it could lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.

“NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape in which an operation is performed which may lead to denial of service or escalation of privileges.” reads the security advisory.

The company also addressed the CVE‑2021‑1052 flaw that could lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure. The vulnerability received a CVSS score of 7.8.

“NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows and Linux contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape or IOCTL in which user-mode clients can access legacy privileged APIs, which may lead to denial of service, escalation of privileges, and information disclosure.” continues the advisory.

The technology company resolved CVE‑2021‑1053 and CVE‑2021‑1054 flaws that received a CVSS score of 6.6 and 6.5 respectively. Both vulnerabilities may lead to denial of service.

The unique flaw that affects GPU Display Driver for Linux, tracked as CVE‑2021‑1056, may lead to denial of service or information disclosure. The flaw has received a CVSS score of 5.3.

The company addressed 10 vulnerabilities affecting the NVIDIA VGPU SOFTWARE, eight of which relate to the vGPU manager. 9 out of 10 vulnerabilities (CVE‑2021‑1057 through CVE‑2021‑1065) received a CVSS score of 7.8

The CVE‑2021‑1066 received a severity score of 7.8. 

If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

[adrotate banner=”9″][adrotate banner=”12″]

Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, Nvidia)

[adrotate banner=”5″]

[adrotate banner=”13″]



Pierluigi Paganini
Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.





You might also like





  • Digging the Deep Web: Exploring the dark side of the web

    Digging The Deep Web

  • Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies

  • Subscribe Security Affairs Newsletter

    newsletter

  • SecurityAffairs awarded as Best European Cybersecurity Tech Blog at European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards

    EU Sec Bloggers Awards 22


More Story

Welcome Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET)

 United States Department of State approved the creation of the Bureau of Cyberspace Security and Emerging Technologies (CSET). The...